On an exuberantly original new album, the singer and pianist reimagine jazz standards from Duke Ellington, George Gershwin and others.

John Dee, born on this day 490 years ago, was Queen Elizabeth I’s scientific advisor–but he was also a magician. He carried on a lengthy conversation with spirits.

16th century portrait of John Dee by an unknown artist. Image: Scan from site of National Maritime Museum, Greenwich ()Dee was the scientific advisor to Queen Elizabeth I from 1550 to 1570, but ...

Researchers used a portable x-ray fluorescence scanner to examine John Dee’s mirror, as well as three other obsidian objects—two almost-identical circular mirrors and a polished rectangular ...

Scholar, Courtier, Magician: The lost library of John Dee is showing at the Royal College of Physicians, London, until 29 July “THE book of nature is written in the language of mathematics ...